Mind

Stress is your body's response to increased tension. Stress is normal: you need stress to accept challenges, to concentrate on doing a difficult task, and to make important decisions. Hence, stress is necessary at work.

But too much stress at work can be harmful to your health, because it unduly increases your production of hormone epinephrine, and thus wearing out your hormonal glands. Chronic stress can cause your body to undergo long-term physiological reactions, resulting in depletion of vital nutrients, including DHEA (a hormone critical to anti-aging and longevity).

Guided Meditation is the art of having the voice of a guide and often music, walk you through the steps to focus on breathing and reduce anxiety or tension. Using one of the many compilations available, the guide and the music speak to your brain waves and soothe your mind into a more stress-free zone.

The most important investments require time. Setting and achieving a resolution requires focus, effort, and commitment. Changing old habits and developing new ones won't happen overnight. The following four guidelines are meant to help you achieve all of your New Years Resolutions:

With the hectic pace of life in the modern world, it is no wonder why more and more people are dealing with issues of anger, rage, stress, depression and anxiety, as well as many other negative reactions and destructive emotions. With busy lives and packed schedules it is also easy to find yourself going through a day on "auto-pilot" and actually missing some aspects of life. Mindfulness meditations are one way that people are combating these issues.

Do you feel you suffer from the winter blues, or Seasonal Affective Disorder? Do you get those down feelings as soon as the clocks go back? Well you're not alone. It's estimated that 1 in 10 people suffer from the winter blues.

So, what's this got to do with nutrition? Well, simple changes made through diet, supplements and lifestyle could really make the difference to how you feel.

Meditation has been around for almost as long as human history. At its core, meditation is a technique that helps us quiet our minds. Throughout the day everyone of us have millions of thoughts that clutter our minds. This mind chatter or a constant commentary on life keeps us distracted and way from living in the present moment.

If you want to keep yourself looking and feeling young, there are a few major habits that you may need to leave behind and a couple that you should probably adopt ASAP. After all, we only live once! Here are three habits that age you as well as two other habits that will keep your youthfulness sparkling for years to come